consequent to a dysregulated immune response to inhaled Aspergillus conidia. The usual presentation is with poorly controlled asthma. Patients may also present with expectoration of mucus plugs ...

Concentration of fungal spores in air is usually expressed as “colony ... Viable cultures of molds produce spores called “conidia.” The size and shape of the conidia and conidia-bearing structures as ...

at 150° C.), one of the slips of paper is transferred to a sterile Petri dish and a small mass of conidia or spores is placed on the unpunched end of the paper. Using the end of a glass rod ...